Ying Liao

TL;DR: In this article, a model of supply management, supply flexibility and supply chain performance is presented to examine the relationships between supply management and supply flexibility, and extend the concept of supply flexibility in terms of supplier flexibility and supplier network flexibility on relevant supply-chain performance measures.

TL;DR: In this paper, behavioral factors influencing a supply manager's decision to insource or outsource the manufacture of a product component are investigated, and the results of a controlled experimental survey show that: strategic vulnerability and core competency do influence the make-buy decision, strategic vulnerability has greater influence than core-competency and information formality moderates the make-'buy decision when the strategic vulnerability conditions are mixed.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors provide insights into the way in which understanding and implementation of disruptive technology, specifically big data analytics and the Internet of Things (IoT), have changed over time, and examine the ways in which research in supply chain and related fields differ when responding to and managing disruptive change.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors assess the linkages between individual, network and inter-organizational competencies, investment in strategic partnership and firm performance, and reveal that both organizational awareness and supply network competency have significant and positive effects on collaborative awareness.

TL;DR: Examination of the role that knowledge acquisition (KA) plays in creating product innovation flexibility (PIF) in SMEs shows that for SMEs, KA mediates the effect of RQ on PIF, and that KA partially mediation the relationship between IC and PIF.